collect
     adj : payment due by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
           "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn: {cod}]
     n : a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church
         of Rome or the Church of England
     adv : make a telephone call or mail a package so that the
           recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package
           collect"
     v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
          man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a
          lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small
          fortune" [syn: {roll up}, {accumulate}, {pile up}, {amass},
           {compile}, {hoard}]
     2: call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million
        dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
        [syn: {take in}]
     3: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
        thoughts together" [syn: {gather}, {garner}, {pull
        together}] [ant: {spread}]
     4: get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" [syn: {pull in}]
     5: gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She
        picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick
        up our trash twice a week" [syn: {pick up}, {gather up}, {call
        for}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0